Lawson, Joe (Lyrics) ; Thompson, Gordon V. (Music), Sheet music, 1916

Sheet music, Home Sweet Home For We're Fighting.
Sheet music, Home Sweet Home For We're Fighting.
Description: 
Title: "Home Sweet Home For You We’re Fighting" Time Signature: 2/4, 4/4 Key: C Notations: N/A
Case Study: 
“Boys from Canada”: The Songs of the First World War
Creator: 
Lawson, Joe (Lyrics) ; Thompson, Gordon V. (Music)
Source: 
sheet music
Date: 
1916
Place: Toronto
Publisher: 
Thompson Publishing Co.
Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
WWI, 28
Language: 
eng
Type: 
Image, Audio
Format: 
jpg mp3
Transcript: 

Verse 1: In the battle trench we stand far away from our dear land, Singing songs of home and country o’er and o’er; We are fighting day and night For the vict’ry of the right, For the day we’ll see our home sweet home once more!
Chorus: Home, Sweet Home! For you we’re fighting! Cheer up! Lads, the day will come When we’ll drive the foeman back; And we’ll save the Union Jack, then we’ll march back to Home Sweet Home!
Verse 2: On the bloodstained fields of France, we are battling for the chance, Just to open wide the bolted German door. When at last we reach their ranks, We will pay them for their pranks, then we’ll march away to home sweet home once more!